Sep. 08– The Concordia women's cross country team had a strong third place showing at the St. John's Invite Friday afternoon in Collegeville, MN, while the men finished fifth.  Shae Wallin was the Bears top finisher with a time of 24:31 and a ninth place finish.  Kyle Warren led the men with a 23-place finish in a time of 28:15.

The women finished fifth of eight teams with a team score of 95, while the men scored 135 points and finished fifth of seven teams.

Women's Results
Team Scores
1 Saint Benedict  28
2 MSU-Mankato  47
3 Concordia-St. Paul 95
4 Minn.-Morris  123
5 Martin Luther  143
6 Northwestern  151
7 North Central  169
8 Crown   194

Individual Scores
9 Shae Wallin  24:31
14 Emily Stanzyk   24:57
28 Molly Bethke   26:07
42 Kaitlin Hartnett   27:01
44 Kendall Bruhl  27:07
48 Sandra James   27:13
56 Abby Gimbel   28:01
65 Danielle Stewart   28:44
80 Erin Thompson  31:33

Men's Results
Team Scores
1 Saint John?s  19
2 MSU-Mankato  37
3 Northwestern  122
4 Martin Luther  124
5 Concordia-St. Paul 135
6 North Central  143
7 Crown   193

Individual Scores
23 Kyle Warren  28:15
32 Daniel Schield   28:39
56 Jacob Mills  30:18
57 Paul James   30:40
75 Alan Stage   32:11
78 Carl Wendorff   32:31
84 Renato Otten   33:51